MoP Classic Feral Druid — Guide (Phase 5)
viewsAbout the Class
Feral Druid is a melee fighter who spends the entire fight in 
Cat Form. It has two resources: energy and combo points, which are spent on bleeds and finishing moves.
The bulk of the damage comes from bleeds — 
Rip, 
Rake and 
Thrash — which are amplified by mastery 
Mastery: Razor Claws. So the whole gameplay boils down to two things: never letting your bleeds fall off and applying them while your buffs are up. In a raid, that means high damage plus survivability that is rare for a DPS.
Strengths
- Very high damage ceiling, especially after obtaining the
Rune of Re-Origination. - Tank-level survivability among DPS:
Survival Instincts, 
Barkskin, 
Might of Ursoc. - Valuable group utility:
Stampeding Roar, 
Rebirth, 
Innervate, 
Symbiosis. - Bleeds keep ticking while moving and when swapping targets.
- Good multi-target damage through Thrash and
Swipe. - Helps heal the group through
Dream of Cenarius procs.
Weaknesses
- Completely lost the ability to off-tank — that went to Guardian.
Shred requires standing behind the target, which isn't possible everywhere.- Very high difficulty ceiling: energy pooling, buff snapshotting and clipping bleeds punish any carelessness.
- Long ramp-up until Savage Roar and both bleeds are up.
- Suffers badly from target swaps and forced downtime.
Stat Priority
- 1Agility
- 2Hit Rating (up to 7.5%)
- 3Expertise (up to 7.5%)
- 4Mastery
- 5Critical Strike Rating
- 6Haste
Both caps are closed first: while your attacks miss or get dodged, neither mastery nor critical strike does anything. After that, mastery is unrivaled — it boosts your bleeds, and those are the bulk of your damage.
Talents
Rotation (Ability Priority)
The opener is a set sequence of abilities you use as you engage an enemy. Memorising it helps initiate your rotation in the most optimal way possible.
- 1
Mark of the Wild - 2Cat Form
- 3
Prowl - 4
Healing Touch - 5
Tiger's Fury - 6Rake
- 7
Faerie Fire - 8Shred
- 9
Savage Roar - 10Shred
- 11
Berserk - 12Rip
- Savage Roar — refresh when 3 seconds or less remain
- Tiger's Fury — on cooldown and below 35 energy
- Berserk — at full energy, when Tiger's Fury has 15+ seconds left
- Healing Touch — instant from a
Predatory Swiftness proc, to gain Dream of Cenarius - Rip — refresh at 5 combo points when 2 seconds remain
Ferocious Bite — finisher below 25% target health, extends Rip- Rake — refresh when 2 seconds or less remain
- Thrash — on an
Omen of Clarity proc, refresh at 3 seconds - Shred — main combo-point builder from behind
Mangle — combo-point builder when you can't get behind the target
Key Abilities
Best in Slot (BiS)
Best in Slot (BiS)Tier 16 Set — Battlegear of the Shattered Vale
Tier 16 Set — Battlegear of the Shattered ValeThe BiS build wears 4 pieces of the set, with the head taken by the
Hood of Blackened Tears.
Enchants, Gems, Consumables
Enchants
Gems
ConsumablesRaces
Best Professions
Synapse Springs give an agility burst under Berserk, and Nitro Boosts help you get behind the target faster.
Swordguard Embroidery on the cloak gives regular attack-power procs.
Fur Lining - Agility on the bracers is stronger than the standard enchant.
Up to three 
Delicate Serpent's Eye give more agility than regular gems.
Author
Fouren
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